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THE FAIRFIED HERALD
WINNSBORO, S. C.
Wednesday Morning, July 1, 1868.
Dosportes, Williams & Co., Props
Death of Mr. D. B. MoOreight.
The subject of this minoir was bor
in Fairfield District, S. C., March 2d
1833. The companions of his earl
years will remember him as bearing
character remarkably free from vice
and irregularities, which common
disfigure the ardent, and erring, p
riod of youth.
But "the steps of a good man ai
ordered by the Lord," and it was p
culiarly pleasant to him to trace tl
hand of Providence in the events
his oheckered life ; and to attribute
the divine blessing, attending tI
prayers and instructions, of a devo
edly pious mother, what others are a,
oustomed to'rofer to natural tempor
mont, and personal discipline.
It was deeply affecting to witne
the filial tenderness with which I
pointed from his dying bed, to ti
conseorated apartment, whore til
faithful, christian mother, was we
to kneel with him, and placing h
hand upon his head, invoke the blo
ing of a covenant God upon his futu
years. Ijor fervent prayers, ai
earnest counsels, were over fresh
his memory, and seemed to foll<
him, like guardian angols, whisperi
accents of warning and nceourap
mont, and beaconing him away frc
many a forbidden path.
le was a short time a student
South Carolina College, but reeiv
his education principally at Mt. Zi
College, Winnsboro, S. C., where I
studious habits, and youthful aml
tion, made him.a favorite with his
structors. He over cherished a tc
der regard for his Alma Mater, al
manifested a lively interest in b
prosperity. le commenced a histo
of the Institution from its foundatic
which ho loft unfinished.
As he emerged from youth to m
hood, the child of the covenant rip<
=d into the Christian man. Io c(
noot-d himself with Scion Chur
Vinnsu ro, S. C., about the y<
1850, under "ie ministry of Dr. B.
x"t--, to who,,,o often foolin
referred as instrumoauas in awakeni
hiu to serious reflection.
Havinas n n ......3 , - . I.
pursuits, which was greatly strong
ed by the culture and discipline
one of the best Institutions of loarni
in the South, he chose the profession
teacher, and took charge of an aca
my in Williamsburg, S. C., where
continued four or five years givi
great satisfaction to his patrons. I
pleasure in communicating knowled
was not less ardent thtan his passion:
acquiring it.
He was inarried Doo. 30, 1858, i
ring his residence in W., at the vt
commencement of the war, he rel:
quished his profession, and joinedt
let Rteg't S. C. V., (Cal. Gregg,) a
remained with it until the fall of F<
$aumtor, and afterwards enlisted
25th Ro.g't. His career as a soldi
was marked by the purest patriotis
-a self-sacrificing devotion to I
country. It was amid the expost
and hardships of camp-life, that
contracted a cough, which develop
the wasting disease of consumptic
and rapidly hastened his death.
was dismissed from the army, the la
year of the war, being incapacitate
by feeble health, for further service,
It was during the wvar, that the d
sire he had so frequently and prayc
fully choriahcd, of preaching the GO
pol, ripened into a firm convictii
that ho had received *a divine cal
and he found no repose until, in Apr
1863, he placed himself under til
scare of Harmony Presbytery, and o
a'olled himself as .a candidate for tIl
Ministry. t4 was his own wequest th.
lianame should be retained on ti
list of oandidatos, as a token, that,i
the end of his life, it was his me
earnest desire and prayer to God, th~
he might devote himself to the wo,
.of the ministry.
It Is to be regretted, that one wi
possessed the gift of naturco and
grace, in so eminent a degree, eonl
not havetlived to'Adorn the sacred o
Aoe, and, as aslevole~d servant of Go<
bless the church walth his piety an
seal.
* Perhaps he ls more widely know
by his coinotito with the 8. 0. Pre*
than Ia an!. other capaeity. Whil
pa'oeqitng tlie vooation as a ,tah
1,t9 Wlatsirg, 0. A~h was Asse
caoeditor of the Kingetree &a,
He was at different times a corres
Pondebtef .te Charleston (con4re,
and a eniitibutor to the Boueru
res~dria. loon dter the surr~n
denb hjqaspmed ,tbe editorship of. tb
Wzzqob News .and 'AIRPRL
accoptubly filled, until striken down bu
by disease. to
As a man and a citizen lie was uni- b<
versally respocted and beloved. He b
had no enemies ; and oven his colored w
friends were wont to speak of him as a
"good man." A true patriot, he was
f deeply interested in every measure
affecting the welfare of his country, 3u
his native State and town, never be- at
traying a selfish indifference to the vi
public weal, of
a A man of like passions with oth- 2
men, beset with similar temptations, of
y his character and life were not exempt r
from the infirmiticai anid errors inscpa- wV
rable from our fallen humanity. Al
e though as a christian his life was out- of
wardly exemplary, so much so as to el
attract the notice even of the irreli- c
f gious, yet he was not a stranger to the
deceitfulness of the human heart, and tI
0 lamented the lukowarmness of his of
. piety, and confessed his secret faults l
.* with a "broken and contrite spirit." IC
The ungodly world knows nothing cf
of the inward conflicts and victories of si
q the christian, and arc, therefore, never
1 witnesses of those phenomoi)a of roll- at
e gious crperience, which to a heart al
t searching God, and to the believer p
! himself, are the most satisfying proofs
or of genuine piety. n1
s. Struggling, with shattered health. sI
ro against the inroads of an insidious dis- 'T
id ease, disqualilying him for the regular m
n pursuit of his vocation, upon which his n
,w livelihood depended, he was sometimes fi
() depressed with gloom and despondency, 5
e- which gave a melancholy tinge to his Ri
m1 religious life. But he emphatically pro- i1
tosted against any apology for his errors a
at and short-comings. le desired he said
ad to be known only as it "sinner saved by a
on grace," and if there was anything good 0
is in his character, or usedm in his life, lie ii
i. wished it to be recognized as "the frut '1
n. of the Spirit," by whose almighty power ri
n- and grace, we are "created in Christ t
id Jesus unto good works." The words u
or frequently upon his lips were:
"0, tW grace how great a debtor
1'y Daily 1'im constrained to be."
W hen askel what passage of scripture
afforded him the most satisfying consola
n- tion, in view of death, he replied, "O.
n- death I where is thy sting I 0, grave !
n- where is thy victory I Thanks be to
God who giveth u s the victory throngh c
r our Lord, Jesus Christ."-I Cor. 15
y This preferenco may be accounted for c
ug in part from the fact, that during his
van,were a sorer trial to
Of mhie than his protracted and often ex. t
cruciating bodily sufferings. But ho c
of "came offas a conqueror and more than
ofa conqueror through him that lovot him
and gave himself for him." During our a
last interview with him, a few moments i
ng before his death, lie talked of his depart t
s urn with great composure. le rehears. a
80 ed, with great candor, thme seasons of
or conviction of sin, agonizing remorse ex-t
porieiiced during his sickness, and man- I
Lu- iiied the "'exceedling riches" of divine0 g
ry grace which had respionded to his full c
n- confessions, and godly sorrow, in such 0
lie fulness of pardon and peace as filled his r
uid soul with the full assurance of faith and I
rt hope, which at times, swelled to a joy c
in that wvas "unspeakable and full of glo- t
or ry." His last wvord~s wero "I am not 1
mi, goinig to die, all these gloomy fears and T
his terrifying apprehensions which suirround(
ro the bed of dent th, which the impenitent
hie sinner creates for hiimse'lf out of the ma- 1
id terials of his own guilty conscience. I C
nI, shall pass away from earth, my soul shall
Io quit this decaying bodly, but I shall not
ast die." Then, reqnesting that lie might
d, be placed in a more comfortable position,
ho said, "Now I can sweetly sleep." In
0- a few momenta ho ceased to breathe.
r- Truly "lhe is not (lead, but sleepethi."
e- "Hie giveth his beloved sleep.'
mn He died oin Friday June 19th, at 6
I ; o'clock P. M. VTe entire community
I, joined in the last sad funeral rites, and
to gave this public testimony to the univer* (
a- sal esteem in wvhiich lie was held. Li
to His wife and three little children he F
tt committed to his covenant God, with
me implicit faith in his promiss that He will
a he a "husband to the widow, and a t<
at Fiater to the fatherless."h
it G.RI. B. p
Arrest of a Mail Agent, s
0 On WVednesday, says the Charlotte it
>f 'Ibnes, one Parks, a "truly loll" Mail s'
d agent on the Charlotte & 8. 0. Rail-.~
r- road, was brought before F. M. Ross, a
I, Esq., on the charge of emnboslng ro- tir
d gisterod letters. It seems that the bi
carpet-bagger had been removed and '"
n another agent substituted, who, hay-B
r, ing been duly sworn in, vent to do- Ic
o. matnd the transfer of all bags, &o., be- nm
r longing to the Government. P'arka C
- turned over the mail but refused to th
.give up some letters, wvhereuipon the c
-warrant for his arrest was issued, and
he was brought before Esquire Ross, ha
iuse amitted he hadl lettera, but re- tha
- ue odeliver them .up. He was W'
then searched, but they were not on
his person. His books were found In wi
I which a list of lout.s .... on-.ed tha
it be had torn out the loaves con- E
ining those in controversy. He was t
und over in the Federal Court in a c
md of $5,000 ; failing to give bail he f
is committed to jail.
Mount Zion Collogiato Institutes a
The first session of this school has C
at closed ; and we are pleased to
ate that notwithstanding the disad.
ntages under which all institutions a
this kind are now laboring, Mount u
on promises under the management 8
Messrs. WOODWARD & STUART, to b
gain the position it hold before the
ar.
Mr. 0. A. WOODWARD is a tdacher o
distinguished abilities, of expori- C
Ice, and well known as a fine dis- e
plinarian.
Mr. BENS. R. STUART graduated at L
o South Carolina College, with one 1
the honors in the class of 1854, the i
rgest every graduated at that Col
go ; and since that time has adopt
I teaching as a profession, with great
Iccess.
Under these two gentlemen the In
itution must continue to improve,
it increases in the number of pu
ils
The new feature of publishingythe s
Monthly reports is well calculated to
inulato emulation in the students. n
hose reports show a steady improve
ent from month' to month. The I
axinum is 60, and the stands of r
rst five for the last month range from '
1.99 to 59.96. The average of the
ve published as "distinguished dur
ig the session" would do honor to any t
t of boys.
We understand that the Principals
ro willing'to take factors ac eptances,
r other approved securities, In pay- ,
ent of the fees of boarding-pupils.
'his may be of great convenience to I
arents wishing to enter students for
hie next session ; when we hope to see
11 parts of the State fully represented
t the Institute.
. Gloomy rrospeot-Radical Foreboding t
for the Future of the Party.
"Agate," the Washington corres
ondent of the Cincinnati Guzcte,
Crites that paper as follows
"We are soon to have the Southern I
tates readmitted under the present
oconstruction-Virginia, Texas (and
robably Alabana) alone excepted.
'he Republican party has hitherto
alculated upon great political gain
rom this admission. The leaders are
onstruction, nor the promises from
lie other States, are especially en
ouraging.
"Wo havo one rebel State back
gain-Tnnessee. Biefore she had
eon fully restored her delegates to
national convention gave us An
row Johnson. Since, her Legisla
are has given us Senators Fowler I
nd Patterson.
"Yet these are men of high oharac
ar, compared with those now coming1
p from the South. There are whole
elegations to the House from large
outhern States that (10 not contain1
nie man as r eputable in private life,
r as resp~eetable in ability and expe.t
icec, as Senator Fowler. There are
lonty of them for whonm Senator Pat..
3rson may stand as the type. 'God
nly knows what we are to do with I
beso creatures,' exclaimed one of the,
eading members of the Republican
arty, and one of its most prominent
)ongrossmen. 'They seemi to be
,ithout character athonme ; they havet
ot very much hope of retaining their f
old on their Districts after the firstt
lection ; and a good many of themi
re sure to go in for making the most'
hey can out of their positions while
hey have them.' Perhaps the Coni- I
ressmnan was sovoro in his judgmont ; 1
ut there is no doubt that the feeling
mmong many of the lenders grows to
e that in seeking for Republican
trengthi at the South ne have got a
cry large elephant of very uncertain
ieposition on our hands."
"Mack" on th Omimg "Man."
"M~ack," in a letter to the Cincinnati
'ommercial, turned loose the following I
tre and trenchant paragraph on "Old
en. Wade":
STURDY OLD BEN.
"Lord, Lord, how this world is given
lying." But whether the lying is done
i sturdy old Ber.. Wade is, with un- a
tralleled unanimity 9 by all wvho under
ke to write about him, not a settled
10stion yet. I had ain interview with
urdy old lBen. Iast fall-I wrote about
tothe Commecial, lengthnlv, and Il
roar truthfully--but slnrdy'old Ben.
id it was all a d--d lie, lHe never
id Grant talked horse ; oh, no, not be; ;
das for the profanity with which c
ai letter of mine was flavored, why e
ess your soul, that was pure maslice on a
y part. "PIll be d---d toh-l if l i
'er awore in my lif"," said sturdy old e
ns. utm denying the contents of that ai
,ter, and muade other high tone~d re- na
irks which I couldn't insert in the
nmercala without translating from U
a original Bonwadese--the American 1
tart language ot the near future, gentle
idor.
"M isery loves company," and I am
ppy to know that I am not alone in 01
enjoyment of sturdy old Ben's. n
athful 'denunciation. I bad previous. di
an associate in the person of one of to
' editors of the New York ~lnee, to wI
om sturdy old Ben. gave the lie for j
Sreportof his agir an speech 0n
ansas, and on the question of veraoity
sus growing up, Forney assured the
untry that sturdy old Ben's. word was
s good as his bond, which I take to be
or warning to sturdy old Ben's. bond
olders to soil out a sacrifce. To Mr
eymour of the Times, and the infamous
ad unprincipled Mack, of the Coinmer
v, is how added Mr. George Alfred
ownsend, who, it seems, has beer
rossly slandering sturdy old Ben. For
ey decides the case against Townsend
s circumstantial evidence, to-wit: the
so of profane and ungrammatic Jan.
uage. He says it cannot be true thai
tirdy old Ben. spoke ill of Mr. Chase,
ecause Townsend represents him t<
ave done it in language at. once irrev
rent and unsyntactic .That's btorney al
ver ; but to my mind the representation
sturdy old Ben., without a swear to
very other word, would be prima facie
vidence of fiction. Fifteen minutes ar
gentleman would ruin sturdy old Ben
y destroying h;s strong hold upon the
merican heart, which is called bluffness
1 him, but goes by the unsavory title of
morishness.jn others.
But sturdy old Ben. says its a d-d
e, and the question of veracity come:
p between him and Mr. Townsend, as
> whether he did not abuse Mr. Chase
ad the Cleveland Leader. I have seer
entlemen who were present at the con
ersation, and they concur in vouching
r the troth of Mr. Townsend's state
ient, except that, ho omits much of
urdy old Bun's blasphemy. Mr
ownsend addressed him respectfully a:
n appilcant for a pass to the reporter's
allgry, as the correspondent of the
cader ; whereupon sturdy old Ben
lunched forth into a torrent of blasphe
ions invective against the Leader as a
'G-d d-d Chase paper," and all thai
ort, of thing. I am glad of it. I ro
.ica that Mr. Seymour, of the Times
ad myself have found a partner in dis
ress. The Leader pounced on me lasi
ll, picked up sturdy old Ben's. dis
laimer and brandished it in my face
G-d d-d Chase paper," ch I How
oes the Leader like it? When the
criptural ragamuffins mailo sport of r
'enerablie who had no hair on the top of
is head in the place where the wool
nght to grow, grow, grow. the bear:
ot after them, The Leader's experi
nce will be like mine, that every time
on refer to sturdy old Ben.'s record,
on "wake to ecstacv the living lyre'
nder a alight orth'graphical modifica.
ion. Won't somebody else try their
lands at this business ? Three d -d
iars will do for a start-Seymour of the
Jew York Times the undersigned and
fir. Townsend. All who want to joir
ur brigade must first call on sturdy old
:en. and write somethir.g about him
sturdy old Ben. I bluff old Ben. I dear
4d Ben. I sweet old Ben.1 truthful old
en. I
Congressional Honesty,
In the course pursued by Congres.
ays the Richmond Dispatch, there
ias been no evidence of any respeo
or consisteicy oven while honesty
nd humanity have been utterly ig
tored. They have required the
doption by those States of the con
titutional amend ment which leave
le regulation of suffrage to the
tates. In the "omnibus bill," a ii
onclled, admitting six States int(
ho Union, those States are prohibitoc
rom regulating suffrage within thei
orders. They have changed theu
wn laws affecting these States just at
le people were in the act of oomph.
naeo with those laws, and in regard t,
Xlabamna have passed a retroactive
atw, forcing upon her a constitutior
rhioch she had rejected accordinag to thu
>rmns and conditions prescribed in th(
aws of Congress. And now, althougl
lie reconstruction laws require thai
turteen days before each electior
here shall be a registration o~
uch voters as have not before reg
eteced, it is proposed that the con.
emplated election in Virginia shah
e hurried up without such registra.
'ion !
What on earth binds Congress ?=
fothing. It cau disregard its owi
aws and repudiato its own pledges
t can, in short, do anything-excep
~hat it cannot be honest.
The cro1 e around Memphis are saic
o be in a very fine condition Largi
luantitles of wheat is being harvested
etwen Memphis and Nashville.
'hte corn looks well, and very littli
otton is planted. 'The farmers gen
rally have large patches of Irish and
wect potatoes, and the different kindi
ifpeas.
A PLAN or OaoANIZATIoN.--..A very siran
he and yet very efficient plan of organiza.
on for the Conseryatives of this State, i
ugosted by the Columbia PAani. Ii 1
its:
1. When eaoh distriet is fully organised
1th stubs at the courthouse, and In ever
invenient locality In the distriot, lot eaoh
nb elect five delegates, to meet and formn
Dietriot Central Club, for the more
toroughm organization of the whole distriot,
2. Let each Distriot Central Club the:n
cot one deiegate.-these delegates meeting
id forming a State Central Club, whichi
sets as often as it may see it.
-ii this way the whole State may be
oroughly organized. The plan has this
orit, that It will not interfere with the
esent organization of the Democrati.
sabs throughout the Stfise.
A terrible 'thcne storm prevailed in
tio and Indiana on Wednesday night, the
n falling In torrents from midnIght till
ylght. Conslderable damage was done~
rAihtoads, and train. were delayed. somte
at. Several houses were destroged by
hining, and In Olnoinnati numnebong
lIas oWer~owed and their eountenmgts uia
last year, and are now lndtistriously
at work. The industridus habits of
this colony, and their prospects of sue
Cess, have stimulated the' surrounding
planters into the organaltig of this in
migration society, as it has demonstra
ted the fact, that by thiskind of labor,
our agricultural interest may be re
vived, and our prosperity secured,
and these gentlemen have determined
to bring the immigrant to their see
tion. Cannot we have a meeting, so
as to concoet some scheme, by which
to give this move a practical test in
old Ftai.field t Let us hold a moot
ing. SAWNEY' CREEK.
A correspondent firon Camden under date
of Juno 18, writes as follows: ,
Since my last we have been favoured with
a military commission for the purpose, I
suppose, of trying, or investigating the
Dill murder. Also we have a new garrison
of cavalry and artillery, numbering some
forty or fifty men, with two detectives from
your oily, by the names of John B. flub
bard and Mr. Griflin, they have made three
arrests since they arrived on Monday, 15th
Instant, viz: Alexander A. Boykin, Bur
roll Albert, and William Boykin, \vho are
now in Camden under guard in the market
the jail being full). The last named perA
Son can prove an alibi, he being in Colum
bia the night of the murder. The distance
From Columbia to Dill's log cabin is some
twenty-four or twenty-five miles. Our
own is very quiet, no disturbance whatever.
rho only excitement. is caused by persons
being arrested who are not guilty.
INTEREsTINO RcLoc.--In an oak stump,
not far from Richmond, Ky., a blank ebony
casket, badly decayed, was recently found,
which had been, evidently, deposited there
by Daniel Boone himself. In the box were
tweoty-three English coins of the denomi
nation of half crowns, a plain, round silver
medal, marked "D. B.," and eight gold
Spanish doubloons, of the date of 1770.
r'hero were several articles of entlery,
among thom a silver-handled Spanish sti
letto with "Boone" carved on it in awkward
characters, and a cup and saucer, made of
tielf, beautifully figured. A curiously
wrought wooden spoon was sadly eaten by
worms. There were several gun-flinte and
some small parcels, the contents of which
had entirely decayed.
NoT DEAD YET.--The bitter Radicals are
astonished at Mr. Johnson's vitality, after
the practice to which ho has been subjected.
That paper which has become -the most en
venomed and unscrupulous of all Radical
sewers -the New York Tribun-is quite an
noyed that the President should show even
signs of life after "his narrow escapo from
ignominious expulsion from his high office."
It is true it admits that the last veto is
"more guarded in terms" than some of its
predecessors, but then it is surcharged with
"bitterness." The Radicals bagin to think
if the President survives all their measures
to kill him he "must no immoral."
SERVED HIM RIinT.-A young man hold
ing an office of trust under the State Gov
ernment, in this city, received his "walking
papers" under peculiar oirournstanoes last
week. le was engaged to a lovely girl,
belonging to one of our best families, and
the wedding day was appointed, when the
lady heard that her lover was going to vote
the radical ticket. She wrote him a note,
inquiring about the matter. Hie awered
that he had to do it to keep his place. She
rejoined in one brief sentence : "Never let
me see your face again." He hasn't yet,
hut still holds his commission in the Public
Guard.--Richmond Dispatch.
Tusi ToURnAnNwr..-Our grand Tourna-.
meat, for sometime advertised, is fast ap.
preaching. We are glad to hear that it
will be ai brilliant success; that the long
roll of knights is still increasing; and that
all the pretty girls from far and near are
mustering in full force around the milinery
shops, and getting their gay trappings in
order. Every one of you turn and turn
you pretty headls in rehearsal to receive the
crown as "Queen of Love and Beauty." We
know something of the four exquisite chap.
lets that are mn preparation for their happy
d estiny. -Laurenaville Herald.
Woxpznvnr BInTU.-A child was born in
Est Ill county last week, near the Clark line,
which from the waist up, was a perfect pIg,
and in its lower extremities was deve-loped
liko a human. This is no cook and bull
story gotten up to furnish an item, but. is
vouched for hy Dr. A leck. Stewart, who
saw the singular crenture. It lived eight
days. and was seen by a great many peo
ple. The names of Its parenis could be
given, but that a regard for their feelings
forbids. -Clark County Democrat.
A law was passed at the last Session of
the New Jersey Legislature 'which provides
that fathers and husbands who desert, neg..
leet, or refuse to provide for their families,
shall be adjudged "disorderly persons," and
dealt with according to law. Thelfirst case
tunder the new law was tried in Newark, on
Thuorsday last.
Hion. Alexander HI. Stephens does not,
believe the new constitution of Georgia will
!tandl. Hie says: ' It is another ease of
i'oster's beef. The old man did kil a
beef and he and his boy had mtado a sness
Iressing it. 'Dod drast it dad,' said the biy,
let's get another.'" -
Gen. E. Kirby Smith has made an arrange.
nemt with the Tnust,0s of Shelby College,
Centuecy, by which heis to take -charge of
hat institution and reopen the deer. and
eorganlse the college in Getober neat.
er S a ,I so ig thme Nlepubil
isis 0ef8 thennese 8th'ongreschonal
)ietiot, apd tW& Oonleptions have been
gW e prirt nominated Hon. , M.AT
e4l, and. the second nominated lHe~ J
ask Buck.
Tan PbaLAnD CASE. -On Saturday 30us.
ce Cornwell, disohargedu Mr., ~Pollard
sharged with thratti to shoot h er
1band) on her own a'odia 0 o
10 )eaoe,
[CONMUrNioATED.]
Proposal to the Oitisens of Fairfield Dis
triot of an Immigration, Manufaouring
and Sannng Oompany.
Mr. Editor :
Intense desire to contribute towards
restoring prosperity to my fellow-citivis
induces me to offer a few suggestions on
the above subject, which I will be pre
pared to advocate more at large hereafter
at the meeting to be held in Winnsboro
on the 2d Monday of this month, and
in other st.ctions of the District, if the
pian I shall propose elicits sufficient in
terest and support to justify my doing
so.
To sum up thin whole subject of im
migration in brief, we wil obtain immi
grants when we shall have obtained
Ready Money to pay their passage to
Fairfield, and to start them in their oc
cupations snccessfully. All schemes not
involving this feature, will not only be
slow to get into operation, but will
probably fail completely in the end.
Let us, then, form a Company, char.
tered for the term of ten years, under
the direction of competent directors,
chosen by stockholders and with one or
more officers paid for attending to the
interests of the Company. Let sub
scriptions to its stock be solicited and
obtained, the money obtained to be ap
plied by loans on good security and
bearing interest, to encouraging all ef.
forts to induce immigraticn, and to mul.
tiply such industrial pursuits in Fairfield
District, as may meet the mature appro
bation of the Board of Directors.
. The features of a l3uhiing and Loan
Association, and also of a Saving Bank
(but not of a Bank of Discount or Ex.
change) could very judiciously and
effcctivt.ly be combined with the opera.
Lions of this Company.
Since the existence of the Company,
as being an experiment, should be limit
ed to a term of ten years, the assets will
at the expiration of that term, be distrib
uted amongst the stockholders, in pro
portion to their stock, whether contrib.
uted in cash, which is the great need of
the company, in order to enable it to
work at once, or in good titles to land,
to be disposed of by the Directors, to
Immigrants or others.
Such a company might lose small
amounts by injudioious loans to par.
ties unable to comply with their con.
tracts, but the interest on such loans
as proved good would overbalance all
losses and render its stok a very safe
and desirably invAatmenn
Besides, the immigrant . himself
will, pay back, through his employer
and security, his passage-money and
intcrest.thereon, in the form of his
first and second year's labor.
Fellow-citizens, we are all poor.
We can give very little towards any
public object. The plan I propose
simply asks of you to lend, and with a
prospeet of getting back in ten years,
both thejprincipal and interest of what.
you contribute.
If four hundred of the citizens of
the District would pledge twenty (do1
lars cash on the first of next December
(many could pledge more) towards the
promotion of a Fairfield Immigra
tion Manufacturing and Banking Com
pany, and promise to repeat the con
tribution, if alive, for fiive successive
years, the eight thousand dollars per
annum of ready money thus obtained,
well-handled, would biring over and
settie two hundred immigrants the
first year, more than double that num.
bor the second, and so on for thne
third, and by the time the charter of
the coinpany expired, the immigrants
themselves will have paid for their
introduction, you will have east your
bread upon the waters, -and it will
have returned to you again
Very respectfully your fellow-citi
zen, B3ENJ. Rt. siTUAR~T.
Mr. Editor : [cMUNoATD.
.Will you be so kind as to publish the
subjoined, an editorial which appeared
in the Columbia Phani-c of the 20th
instant :
TuE IMMIORATIoN MOVEMENT.
This movement has been taken up in,
several Districts in the State. In
Newberry, Edgefield, Fairfield, York,
and Riebland, the matter js receiving
speial attention. We hope that by
November next, a Convention of the
State be called to make the movement
genuine, and to invest with all possi
ble prestige. What say our farmers
and our cotemporary journals ? In1
the meantime let every ]?istrict take
the matter up.
A large colony of Germans have
made arrangemente to settle near Wa!.
halla, in the upper part of this State.
An immigration soeloty has been
formed in Newberry District, and has
commenood operationsa, already is that
District reaping the good fruits of
this move, as a number of immigrants
havo arrived in that Distriot.
In the "Fork"of;Richland biti ,
a society last week, aa organited, of
which Dr. D. W. Zay, is Presidet.
Dr. Ray is one of the most practical
Planters in the $tate. 1u that yloini
ya number o f .Germans colonised y
Local items.
New Advertisements,
Rule to Plead-S. B. Clowney.
Sale--alvin Brice.
aTurnip Seed--Ketohin, MeMaster
& Brice.
Extended.
The time of the, coursion tj kets to
New York has been extended fifteen
days,--ending 31st July.
The Crops.
Up to this date the seasen has beon
exceedingly good, and the orops are
very promising. The corn and cotton
are both looking as well as'oan be :,
posted.
That'slio I
The way for a city or town to have
a good paper, is to subscribe and pay
for it, and if they have anything
worth selling, to advertise and pay for
that; then they can have a "good pa
per, full of life and animation."
Coroner's Inquest
An inquest was held Saturday last,
the 27th instant, at the f plantation of
Mr. D. R. Gladney, upon the body of
Hester Mobley, colored, who was
found dead in a field near her house.
The jury rendered a verdict that the
decease came to her death from dis
ease of the heart.
Students Distinguished at the -Xt. Zion
Collegiate Institute, Winnsboro, 8. 0.,
during the First Session of 1868.
sA xIsiura-60.
1. R. B. BoYLSTON, 59.805.
2. P. BloN, 59.776.
3. T. K. ELLIOTT, 59.774.
4. D. T. IIoPKINs, 59.600.
5. Mc. 0. ROBERTsON, 59.475.
G. A. WOOD WARD,
I3ENJ. I. STUART,
Teachers.
Dull Business,
An exchange says: "To revive
dull business advertise. In some re
spects the (lull season is the best time
to advertise. There is more time for
reading,and the papers are scanned
more elosely. Besides, to stop adver
tising merely because business is dull,
is simply to allow trade to grow duller~
and you and your business pass out of
public recollection, or be completely
supplanted by some new and more en
terprising rival who will advertise.."
The Legislature..
It will be seen by reference to
another column that, Gen. R. K.
Scott, (of Ohio,) "our" present Gover
nor, has issued a proclamation con
vening the "Black and Tan" Legisla.
ture of this State on the 6th of July,
by authority vested in. him by the.
passage of the onuibus bill. It is.
gratifying to know that we are back
in the "Oloirions Union," and under
the guidance of Butler, the thief, Ste
v'ens, the liar, Binghamn, the woman
harrger and Sumnerkt thoecoward, and
also- beneath the folds of the "oldi
flag," that waves over the "best Gov-,
ernment the world ever sa?
Fleas. '^^ ^^' -
Seone time since, we saw an itenm
asking for a remedy to destroy the
above named exceedingly annoying lit
tle scalawags. Ab exchange gives the
following receipt:
"Place the ferocions animal on a~
smooth board and pen himi in with a
hedge of shoemaker's wax. Then a
soon as he becomes quiet, oommieneo
reading to him the doings of Congress
and he will burst with indignation,
Pay U p7'^^^^^^
-Persons indebted to us for Advertisi.
inig, Job Printing, Subscription, &c.,
arc requested to come forward and
settle the same. We wish it distinct
ly understojd, that we don't do a
credit s business, and wvant all the
money dne us. So feel about your
old clothes, and come on.
Bismarek does not appear te have
any doubt its to the sflcoess of Pruissa
mn repellhng the eitorts of France to ex
tend its frontiers to the Rhine. It is re
ported that when he learned thiat Louis
Napoleon hiad sent several skilful i.,
neers to stuidy the fortresses o~
river lie at once dispatched the dra ings
of these strongholds.to the French - Gove
ornment.
PrasT COTT9N BroO JMr. J.
Jackson of 86,. Matthews Parisb, in
this District brought to our offree ou
Thursdaynmorning Jast, the first cotton
bloom that.we have hoard .of.thjissea
son. Mr. Jackson represents his oots.
ton crop as being very fine ; and says,
if the seasons are propitious the yield
will be large....--Or4fg45,.9 1Vw.e *~
Old Grant wao'spqlf on ii.pimnt
ecently by a diputations ot ~ivdole,
nud mi the cours# q theere
ameou 4 q -yg~p.~g~
rage. . ~e aid.b ae9 .were *e
ice not be~u~ 'o~htiefy
uThe adit pfli otr moons r~
war ad Apa lb'aprds